Equifax, an American company that offers credit check and protection solutions thefts has been breached, exposing the personal information of 143 million Americans, or half the country.
It sounds ironic, that the company Equifax, one of the largest companies monitoringς της πιστοληπτικής ικανότητας των πολιτών στις ΗΠΑ, παραδέχθηκε σήμερα ότι είχε υποστεί μια μαζική infringement of her data sometime between mid-May and July, and found out on July 29. However, it is unknown why Equifax took 6 weeks to notify the millions of affected customers of the massive security breach.
The stolen data included consumers' names, social security numbers, dates of birth (for 143 million citizens) and, in some cases, license numbers driving, and credit card numbers (for about 209.000 citizens).
The company reported leaked some personal information about residents of Kanda and Britain. In addition, three senior Equifax executives, John Gamble (CFO), Joseph Loughran and Rodolfo Ploder, sold their shares worth about $ 2 million a few days after the company learned about this huge hack.
If you have a relationship with this company or are active in America it is advisable to visit the website http://www.equifaxsecurity2017.com to check if your information has been stolen.
